Media Reports
AM - Australia's pitch for big new telescope (includes audio, transcript and images): ABC Radio's AM program broadcast this report on 15 June 2010. It covers the Australia - New Zealand bid to host the SKA, the International SKA Forum, and features interviews with the Australian Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr and CSIRO SKA Director Dr Brian Boyle.
Reaching for the Stars: SBS's Living Black and SBS News showed this report on Aboriginal land in Western Australia that is set to become a hot spot for astronomers over the next century. It was broadcast on 12 April 2010, and a transcript is also available.
Before Galileo: ABC's Message Stick featured the Ilgarijiri Exhibition and the SKA project, with contributions from Steven Tingay of ICRAR and Charmaine Green from Yamaji Art. It was broadcast on 1 November 2009. You can also download the episode in
WMV (85.6MB) and
MP4 (87.2MB) formats.
World Business: Listen and Learn: Produced by CNBC Europe's World Business program, this clip on the SKA was broadcast in UK/Europe on 30 October 2009 and was shown on 17 airlines for the week following.
7.30 Report: ABC's 7.30 Report presented a segment on Australia's ability to host the SKA. It was broadcast on 22 September 2009.
Stateline: ABC's Stateline Western Australia showcased a report on Australia's bid for the SKA. It was broadcast on 19 June 2009.
Audio and Visual Presentations
Australia and New Zealand's Advantages (10.2MB) - Australia and New Zealand's attributes as a potential site for the SKA.
Optimal Radio Quiet (4.40MB) - The importance of radio quiet for the SKA and the extraordinarily radio quiet nature of Australia and New Zealand's core site.
Optimal Configuration (7.47MB) - Australia and New Zealand's capacity to host the SKA in its optimum configuration.
Maximum Discovery (8.92MB) - How an ambitious and scientifically powerful SKA will benefit the world.
365 Days of Astronomy podcast (SKA episode): Also available on the International SKA website in full and edited versions.
ASKAP animation (35.2MB M4V): Artist's impression of ASKAP at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory. Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, design data provided by CSIRO.
ASKAP construction (16.4MB MOV): Construction of the first of thirty-six antennas that will make up CSIRO's Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, Western Australia, in January 2010. Credit: CSIRO.
Factory acceptance testing (6.28MB M4V): Factory acceptance testing of ASKAP Antenna 1 at CETC54's test range in China, September 2009. Credit: CETC54/CSIRO.
SKA Planetarium video: This video was prepared by Questacon and Scitech.